Near as I can figure the only reason it’s so important to Catholics that Peter be the rock on which the church was built is to justify the papacy and the church’s existence.
There’s no other valid reason in the world to argue against Christ being the rock on which Jesus was going to build His church when Peter himself said the very thing.
If Catholics can’t find a verse to justify the papacy, their whole structure comes crumbling down around them. There is no authority. There is no infallibility of the church. It’s the only thing that gives teeth to the concept that tradition is on equal footing with Scripture. There is no Catholic church.
The Catholic church is all built around the office of the pope and they have to justify it some how. This is the best they have.
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Near as I can figure the only reason it’s so important to Catholics that Peter be the rock on which the church was built is to justify the papacy and the church’s existence.
There’s no other valid reason in the world to argue against Christ being the rock on which Jesus was going to build His church when Peter himself said the very thing.
If [ROMAN] Catholics can’t find a verse to justify the papacy, their whole structure comes crumbling down around them. There is no authority. There is no infallibility of the church. It’s the only thing that gives teeth to the concept that tradition is on equal footing with Scripture. There is no Catholic church.
The [ROMAN] Catholic church is all built around the office of the pope and they have to justify it some how. This is the best they have.
The reason this is important right now is to show you how your pastors, etc. lie to you and how they are plain and simply wrong even on something as simple as Kepha = rock. That’s where sola scriptura fails as they put the terms in English interpretation and do not understand.
So true...